A Western Approach to Islam

The American flag is also flying off the flagpole at the entrance of the mosque. With the help of my friend Amira, I was able to interview some people in the mosque. He is the second generation Iranian and Muslim. With the help of her, I could easily talk to the members of the mosque and ask some questions without any problem. I was totally accepted as a visitor to the people of the mosque and many people were very happy to let me answer any of my questions there.

Summary: What is Islamic internal authoritarianism? Is Islamic not compatible with democracy? When studying the relationship between the West and the Islamic civilization, these issues are often discussed. Discussion has gained momentum since the last decade of the 20th century, especially after the collapse of the former Soviet Union and subsequent transition to Eastern European socialist countries and other Asian and Latin American autocratic regimes to democracy . A clash of civilizations published by American scholar Samuel Huntington raises a controversial argument about cultural division and conflict between the Islamic world and the West side and drives further discussion. In addition to Muslim intellectuals, Western scholars spend a lot of time on these problems. Among them are numerous articles and books to investigate the compatibility of Islam and democracy.

Islamic modernism is an exercise known as the "first Muslim ideological correspondence" trying to harmonize Western values ​​such as Islamic beliefs and nationalism, democracy, civil rights, reason, equality, progress . It features "a critical review of classical concepts and laws" and a new approach to Islamic theology and Tasir. This is the first of several Islamic movements that emerged in the mid-19th century, such as secularism, Islam and Sarafism, under the influence of the rapid change of the era, especially Western civilization and colonialism in the Muslim world is. The founder includes Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani, Muhammad Rashid Rida (d.1935), the president of Ahmad University, a short period before dying in 1905.